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She cross'd him once-she cross'd him twice

That lady was so brave;

The fouler grew his goblin hue,

The darker grew the cave.

She cross'd him thrice, that lady bold!
-He rose beneath her hand
The fairest knight on Scottish mould,
Her brother, Ethert Brand!

-Merry it is in good greenwood,

When the mavis and merle are singing;
But merrier were they in Dumfermline gray
When all the bells were ringing.

SIR W. SCOTT.

O, WERT THOU IN THE CAULD BLAST

O, WERT thou in the cauld blast,
On yonder lea, on yonder lea,

My plaidie to the angry airt,

I'd shelter thee, I'd shelter thee.
Or did misfortune's bitter storms
Around thee blaw, around thee blaw,

Thy bield should be my bosom,
To share it a', to share it a'.

Or were I in the wildest waste

Of earth and air, of earth and air,

The desart were a paradise,

If thou wert there, if thou wert there.

Or were I monarch o' the globe,

Wi' thee to reign, wi' thee to reign,
The only jewel in my crown

Wad be my queen, wad be my queen.

BURNS.

I LOVE MY JEAN

OF a' the airts the wind can blaw,
I dearly like the west,

For there the bonie lassie lives,

The lassie I lo'e best:

There wild woods grow, and rivers row,
And monie a hill between ;

But day and night my fancy's flight
Is ever wi' my Jean.

I see her in the dewy flowers,
I see her sweet and fair;
I hear her in the tunefu' birds,
I hear her charm the air:

There's not a bonie flower that springs
By fountain, shaw, or green;
There's not a bonie bird that sings,

But minds me o' my Jean.

BURNS.

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THERE'LL NEVER BE PEACE TILL
JAMIE COMES HAME

A SONG

By yon castle wa', at the close of the day,
I heard a man sing, tho' his head it was grey:
And as he was singing, the tears fast down came-
There'll never be peace till Jamie comes hame.

The church is in ruins, the state is in jars,
Delusions, oppressions, and murderous wars;
We dare na weel say't but we ken wha's to blame-
There'll never be peace till Jamie comes hame.

My seven braw sons for Jamie drew sword,

And now I greet round their green beds in the yerd; It brak the sweet heart o' my faithfu' auld dameThere'll never be peace till Jamie comes hame.